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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Reality: The imposition of martial law after disaster is extremely rare and implies that normal mechanisms of government were never effective in any way. Myth 29: Companies, corporations, associations and governments are always very generous when invited to send aid and relief to disaster areas. It is not so. See: Alexander, D.E.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

Any attempt to relate the current anomie to disaster risk reduction (DRR) must take account of the 'egg hypothesis'. Anomie and shortage of disaster governance. In modern disaster risk reduction, problem solvers abound. Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management. Register 2007.